environmental impact is limited to contribution to the greenhouse effect due to electricity consumption and due to possible refrigerant leakages. Due to the higher efficiency of the geothermal heat pumps (COP = 4 to 6) compared with air source heat pumps (COP = 2,5 to 3,5) and fossil fuels (efficiency = 80-90%),
Enlightening the World, 1886. A landmark at the entrance to New York Harbor since 1886, the Statue of Liberty is a national and international symbol with multiple meanings.ntended as a sign of friendship between the United States and France and as a monument to political liberty in both nations, it has come to represent a broader vision of freedom and democracy and the promise of a better life for the millions of immigrants who passed by her as they entered the country.
---Polish Immigrant. Libertyâs position, facing out to sea, was both part of Bartholdiâs. presentation as well as the statueâs symbolism. He felt that America was to. be a beacon of hope for the rest of the world and her mission was to be the. great protector of liberty. Lady Liberty faced away from land, looking. outward toward the rest of the world, symbolizing her charity. America was. not to withhold her goodness and blessings from the rest of the world. Her status as the tallest. monument in the world was.